Analysis of risk and prognostic factors in a population of pediatric patients hospitalized for acute malnutrition at the Chiulo hospital, Angola

• Main Authors: Federica Maria Tripoli (Author), Salvatore Accomando (Author), Simona La Placa (Author), Andrea Pietravalle (Author), Giovanni Putoto (Author), Giovanni Corsello (Author), Mario Giuffrè (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Malnutrition is a multifactorial pathology in which genetic, epigenetic, cultural, environmental, socio-economic factors interact with each other. The impact that this disease has on the health of children worldwide is dramatic. Severe acute malnutrition in particular is a diseas...